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Kifune Shrine

1025 Views Posted on: 03/20/2023
 

In the legend/festival of Tanabata, which is known throughout East Asia, it is common in Japan to write your wishes on a piece of paper and to place it on a bamboo tree. At Kifune Shrine during the Tanabata season, you will enjoy a supremely refreshing evening among the relaxing sounds of the streams from Kibune River and the wind as it blows through the bamboo trees. Why don’t you write your wish on a piece of paper and hanging it on a bamboo branch, and pray to the god of Kifune Shrine?

The opening hours of the shrine are extended during the light-up period, so, good-luck charms and written oracles (omikuji) originating here can be purchased even at night. Above all, the most famous and popular one is the truly unique “water oracle,” where the words are said to float to the surface if it is placed in the water in the temple. Recently, Kifune Shrine has become popular for the god of matchmaking, but it was originally known for the god of water, and the water oracles were often said to be accurate because the god of water knows all.

 
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